...imagine having access to a device that can be used to test urine – even by non-medical professionals, and even in areas without electricity and Internet access – allowing for the screening of about 25 medical conditions and helping to manage diabetes, pregnancy, kidney, liver, bladder problems and urinary infections. Suddenly, diagnostics and health screening and monitoring would become vastly more accessible to the rural patients common at the BoP.This is the scale of potential behind uChek, a mobile app that can carry out urine analysis using conventional dipsticks, converting a standard smartphone into a lab urinanalyzer.Find out more

The company was founded by Myshkin, Yogesh, Abhishek and Aman in 2008 when they first hand experienced the state of maternal and child healthcare in rural India. The company has been incubated by CIIE at its Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad campus since 2009. Biosense is a medical technology company based in Mumbai, founded by a team of doctors, engineers and product designers, determined to improve access to healthcare. CIIE has helped the company through strategic advise, network with appropriate government bodies and doctors and has connected it to subsequent investors.Find out more

A young team of doctors, designers and engineers in Mumbai are extending the utility of a lifestyle gadget into one that can help monitor a range of chronic illnesses. Their venture, Biosense Technologies has developed a urine analysis system that can diagnose a range of conditions from diabetes, urinary tract infection and hepatitis.Find out more

Developed for the iPhone, the uChek app allows patients to check and track several parameters, such as glucose, pH, and protein levels as seen in their urine. These indicators can provide insight for patients with affected with conditions such as kidney problems, urinary tract infections, or cancer.Find out more

New iPhone App Allows Consumers to Test Their Urine on the Go for as Many as 25 Different Diseases - by Patricia Kirk

April 26, 2013

Pathologists and clinical laboratory managers may want to learn more about the uChek mobile app developed by Biosense Technologies.Find out more

uChek is a New App that does Mobile Urinalysis on the cheap - by Michael Seo

February 27, 2013

Ingawale’s uChek is an app that seeks to simplify the process in an affordable way. Once the chemical strip is dipped in urine, a picture is taken of the strip with a smartphone. The app then quickly analyzes the strip and produces accurate and easy-to-understand results.Find out more

What Ingawale has created is a seemingly simple app that analyzes chemical strips by first taking photos with your phone at predetermined times and comparing the results that appear on the pee-soaked strip to a color-coded map.Find out more

And for their Next Trick, Smartphones will Analyze your Urine - by Liz Gannes

This App will test your Pee - by Chris Taylor

February 26, 2013

Those precious bodily fluids of yours can reveal a lot about your health, as any doctor will tell you. Urine analysis, for example, can give you early warnings about trouble brewing in your liver or kidneys. It can also tell you if your diet is on the wrong track, and if you're at risk for diabetes.Find out more

Device to fight anaemia in India about to go on sale - by Jane Wakefield

April 4, 2012

Known as ToucHb, it comes with a probe into which the finger is inserted. When light-emitting diodes in the probe shine light through the nail, a photodiode on the other end interprets the absorption patterns to produce an instant reading of the volume of haemoglobin in the patient's blood.Find out more